The Mama Perspective

Motherhood and Maternal Wellbeing

Tag: Mental Health

  • Prioritising My Mental Health as a Mum of Two

    When you become a mum – everything changes. I don’t care who says it doesn’t. Your identity – how you see yourself in the mirror and possibly how others see you too. I know I’m a stronger person since becoming a mum, and even more so since bringing my second son into the world earlier…

  • Six Months Postpartum: Too Soon to Know Who I Am Now

    I’m almost six months postpartum with baby number two, and lately I’ve been wondering who I am now. Not in a dramatic, identity meltdown kind of way – more in a quiet, curious sort of way. Like when you catch your reflection and think, I look familiar, but also a little different. Being a mum…

  • World Mental Health Day: A Mama’s Perspective on Access to Support

    Today marks World Mental Health Day, a reminder to reflect and have the conversations that often get buried under every day life – like being a mum as one example.  This year’s theme has a spotlight on access to services. And as someone who has sat on both sides of the access divide – receiving…